Finding Right Relations : Quakers, Native Americans, and Settler Colonialism / Marianne O. Nielsen and Barbara M. Heather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Marianne O., author.

Heather, Barbara M., 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Middle Atlantic States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Indians of North America.

Indigenous people--Middle Atlantic States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Quakers--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century.

Quakers.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people--Middle Atlantic States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Colonialism has the power to corrupt. This important new work argues that even the early Quakers, who had a belief system rooted in social justice, committed structural and cultural violence against their Indigenous neighbors"

Introduction. Quaker settler-colonialism: its disastrous impacts on American Indians --1.Quaker and Lenape peacemaking in the 1700s: why Quakers didn't hear --2.Quaker governance: peace, politeness, or politics? --3.The failure of the Pennsylvania government: the Conestoga massacres --4.The subversive effects of colonial ideology: early Quaker attitudes toward American Indians --5.Quaker beliefs, colonialism, and American Indian education: contributing to cultural genocide --6.The universality of peacemaking: hope for social justice? --7.A feeling of rightness: Quaker/Indigenous relations, past, present and future.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Quaker Settler Colonialism: Its Disastrous Impacts on American Indians

1. Quaker and Lenape Peacemaking in the 1700s: What Quakers Didn't Hear

2. Quaker Governance: Peace, Politeness, or Politics?

3. The Failure of the Pennsylvania Government: The Conestoga Massacres

4. The Subversive Effects of Colonial Ideology: Early Quaker Attitudes toward American Indians

5. Quaker Beliefs, Colonialism, and American Indian Education: Contributing to Cultural Genocide

6. The Universality of Peacemaking: Hope for Social Justice?

7. A Feeling of Rightness: Quaker/Indigenous Relations, Past, Present, and Future

Glossary

References

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Nielsen, Marianne O. Finding Right Relations

ISBN:

9780816545292

0816545294

OCLC:

1308393942